Liu Bei left Sima Yi's mansion dejectedly, Liu Biao refused to see guests, and Sima Yi was not in the mansion, these seem to be coincidences, but in fact, it is very likely that Liu Qi deliberately arranged them.

At least that's what Liu Bei thinks.

"Alas!" Liu Bei sighed heavily, for him, perhaps, this is his fate.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed out from the side, directly blocking Liu Bei's way forward, Liu Bei was full of excitement, thinking that someone was going to assassinate him, and hurriedly put on a defensive posture, his two hands suddenly stretched out to the double-strand sword that was obliquely inserted behind his back, holding the hilt tightly, as long as there was a slight danger, he would immediately draw out the sword and stab at the enemy.

"Big brother, it's me, Yide!" Suddenly, a familiar voice came into Liu Bei's ears, Liu Bei followed the sound and looked over, the black shadow turned out to be Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide, his sworn younger brothers, who were the third.

Liu Bei had a false alarm and let out a long breath, but after thinking about it, why would Zhang Feiwei appear here? So, he asked, "Yide, are you following me?" ”

Zhang Fei laughed twice and said, "It's not tracking, it's secretly protecting, I'm afraid that something will happen to the eldest brother, so I followed the eldest brother." But I was afraid of being discovered by my eldest brother, so I kept my distance and didn't dare to get too close. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Fei glanced at the mansion behind Liu Bei and asked, "Big brother, it's so late, what are you doing here?" ”

Liu Bei looked at the surrounding environment, and said to Zhang Fei: "Let's go, go back and talk about it!" ”

About a quarter of an hour later, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei returned to the post house, and the two of them came to Liu Bei's room together. After lighting a candle. The two men sat facing each other.

Liu Bei was the first to speak: "I went to find Sima Yi just now. It's a pity I couldn't see him. It seems that tomorrow I am destined to go to Shinno. It's just that I can't rest assured that you and the second brother will not be able to do so, if you really go to work, then the three of us brothers will be separated from now on, and I don't know if we can see each other again in the year of the dog......"

As he spoke, Liu Bei's eyes were already a little moist, all these years. Although he and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are not brothers, they are closer than brothers, everyone eats with delicious food, everyone plays with fun, and they sleep in the same room even if they sleep.

Of course, these are things of the past, and now that they each have their own families, naturally they can't sleep in the same room with three big men, it's easy to misunderstand.

Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei's eyes were moist, and hot tears kept rolling in his eyes. He also became sad and grabbed Liu Bei's hand. said: "Big brother, don't say it, I've thought about it, just a county order, don't do it, I'll go and tell the eldest prince tomorrow, I want to resign and don't do it." In this life, Yide only wants to follow the big brother's left and right, where the eldest brother goes, Yide will follow him, even if he goes to the soup, he will not give up. ”

After Liu Bei heard Zhang Fei's words, he was also full of excitement, and at the critical moment, he could still see the friendship between brothers.

"Actually, when I just came back, I wanted to tell my eldest brother about it, but my eldest brother went out in a hurry, and I didn't feel at ease, so I followed." Zhang Fei said.

"I already know your mind, but I don't know if he will think the same way as you?" Liu Bei suddenly asked.

Zhang Fei said: "Although the eldest brother can rest assured, the second brother must have the same idea as me, and would rather everyone be together with nothing than be separated from each other." If the eldest brother is not at ease, tomorrow after I resign from the official position to the eldest son, I will personally go back to Changsha, and then take the second brother to Xinye to find the eldest brother. ”

Liu Bei is now attached to Liu Biao, and he is under the fence, as the so-called people are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads. Liu Bei's Jingnan Governor was given by Liu Biao, and similarly, Liu Biao could also take this Jingnan Governor out with a word.

Although he was nominally asked to go to Nanyang as a taishou, but now Nanyang has been occupied by the Han army, and the situation in the counties under his rule may not be very good. Moreover, Xinye is also the main road of north-south transportation, such a strategically important place, can the Han army not occupy it?

It's not good, when you get to Xinye, you still have to fight.

In short, Liu Bei is extremely reluctant to do this errand. Even if Xinye can be snatched down, waiting for the Han army to attack Jingzhou again in the future, Xinye is the front line and the first position, which is tantamount to Jiang He being put in a dangerous place.

But if he didn't agree, the army he had accumulated with great difficulty in the past few years would become someone else's subordinate, and he would have nothing.

Liu Bei was unwilling, unwilling to lose everything like this, but he couldn't do anything.

Zhang Fei comforted Liu Bei, Liu Bei's heart calmed down a little, and finally sighed heavily, and he could only take one step and look at one step.

……

At this moment, in the former site of Cai Mao's mansion, Sima Yi had already written a secret letter, and completely sealed the secret letter, and then handed it over to Zhou Yuncong, the housekeeper who had been standing beside him and pretending to be an old man.

"If you leave tonight, be sure to hand over this letter to Xu Sheng, the commander of Jinyiwei, and he will forward it to His Royal Highness King Yan. However, since Liu Biao started a war, there may be some patrols on the border, so you must be careful not to be discovered. If something happens, you should know what to do. Sima Yi said to the housekeeper beside him.

Zhou Yuncong said: "Don't worry, my lord, I have walked this road no less than dozens of times, and there will definitely be no problems." If there is any accident, the subordinates will definitely destroy the letter immediately and commit suicide, and they will definitely not affect the adults. ”

Sima Yi said: "It doesn't matter if it's involved, what matters is that this letter I gave you must be sent out." The stakes are high, and you must personally bring this letter to Pengcheng no matter what. ”

Zhou Yuncong "snorted", then took Sima Yi's letter, and then went out of the city overnight and went to Pengcheng in the starry night.

This person named Zhou Yuncong is a Jinyi guard installed by Zhang Yan in Jingzhou, subordinate to Xu Sheng, the commander of Jinyiwei, and is a dead soldier who was imprisoned in Futu Temple with Xu Sheng and received cruel training since childhood.

Zhou Yuncong was originally sent to secretly monitor Sima Yi's every move, but it was only a hidden mission. But the person he was spying on was Sima Yi. It's too smart. It soon became clear that someone was spying on him. So Sima Yi cleverly set a trap. As a result, Zhou Yuncong threw himself into the net and was locked in a big iron cage by Sima Yi, no matter how powerful Zhou Yuncong was, he couldn't break free from this big iron cage.

That's it, Zhou Yuncong was exposed, and in the following time, Sima Yi used both soft and Zhou Yuncong, which opened Zhou Yuncong's mouth. Zhilu Dao was sent by Zhang Yan to spy on him.

Sima Yi was very surprised, because during the imperial examination, he obviously took the first place in the examination and was the champion of this department, but he was insulted by Zhang Yan and actually asked him to be a small pavilion chief. Since then, Sima Yi felt that Zhang Yan had no ability to read people, so he absconded to Jingzhou, and happened to meet Liu Qi, which gave him room to show his talent. It also allows his talents to be brought into full play. And in Sima Yi's heart, he wants to do something big. thus attracted Zhang Yan's attention, and let Zhang Yan know that if he didn't let him become an official, he would definitely regret it.

As a result, Sima Yi was very curious about Zhang Yan sending Zhou Yuncong to spy on Sima Yi, and he was even more surprised when he learned that his every move was under Zhang Yan's control.

Because, since Zhang Yan refused to use him, why did he want to spy on himself like this.

So, with this question, Sima Yi asked Zhou Yuncong to help him deliver a letter to King Yan, a letter full of questions.

Zhou Yuncong did not refuse, because Zhang Yan had already confessed, Sima Yi was too smart, in case it was exposed, what to do, Zhang Yan had already arranged it.

So, Zhou Yuncong sent a letter to Sima Yi according to Zhang Yan's prior arrangement.

More than half a month later, Zhou Yuncong returned again and brought a secret letter from Zhang Yan, the king of Yan. It was this secret letter that completely changed Sima Yi and made Sima Yi realize that all this was deliberately arranged by Zhang Yan, the purpose was to make Sima Yi become the laughing stock of the world, and at the same time, when he took refuge in others, others would not be suspicious.

In other words, Zhang Yan is letting Sima Yi play Infernal Affairs, and the letter also pointed out that if Sima Yi can let Zhang Yanbing take Jingzhou without blood, then in the future, he will be the first hero to capture Jingzhou, and it will be a matter of time before he becomes a marquis and pays homage to the prime minister.

In addition, there is also a letter from his brother Sima Lang, which is also advising Sima Yi to be an undercover agent in Jingzhou, taking advantage of Liu Qi's trust in him to help Liu Qi to the position of the lord of Jingzhou, and then follow Zhang Yan's example to implement a series of reforms in Jingzhou, and eliminate dissidents and strengthen his power.

When the time is ripe, Zhang Yan will send troops south and take Jingzhou bloodlessly.

Later, after thinking about it several times, Sima Yi finally agreed to Zhang Yan, who was nominally Liu Qi's military advisor, but in fact, he was Zhang Yan's undercover agent. And Zhou Yuncong also stayed by his side, responsible for protecting him, delivering news and other important things, but for fear of arousing suspicion, he disguised himself as an old man and became an old housekeeper by Sima Yi's side.

In fact, Sima Yi also thought about helping Liu Qi by himself, and then used Jingzhou as a springboard to accumulate strength to compete with Zhang Yan, who appointed him as the champion pavilion chief. But when Sima Yi really understood the faction in Jingzhou, he realized how deep the pool of water in Jingzhou was, and Liu Qi, the cousin of Liu Qi he was attached to, was just a weak and incompetent person, and the real power in Jingzhou was controlled by the Cai family.

In addition, there are many forces such as Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei, Zhang Yun, etc., which seem to be calm under the Jingzhou Lake, but in fact, the undercurrent is surging, surging, and if you are not careful, there will be a danger of being subverted. So Sima Yi watched quietly in Jiangxia, waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to move into Jingzhou in one fell swoop and become the actual power holder.

And this opportunity was finally seen by Sima Yi when Liu Biaoxing's army attacked Zhang Yan, and after a series of efforts, Sima Yi was finally able to stay in Jingzhou, but to really gain a foothold, it was necessary to eliminate all threats, including Liu Bei, the governor of Jingnan.

Therefore, Liu Bei was sad, and he had worked hard to manage the four counties of Jingnan for several years, but in Sima Yi's words, it collapsed. For Sima Yi, this is the best thing, and it is also an excellent opportunity to eliminate Liu Bei.

If Liu Bei led the army to Xinye, then he would be caught between Zhang Yan and Sima Yi, if he didn't go, it would be better to do it, just dismiss him, go where he fell in love, and if he wanted to kill him, he could send assassins to assassinate him. (To be continued......)